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WampaLord
Jan 14, 2010

You missed the best part of the comments, when he says she has bipolar disorder.

I'd suggest he compromise by saying "Hey, let's take a trip to Paris since you've never been there?" but I imagine that would just make her want to move there even harder.

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FormerPoster
Aug 5, 2004

Hair Elf

Moridin920 posted:

Yeah I'm p sure that unless you have EU citizenship or an advanced degree to shake at them in hopes they'll throw you a visa, that ain't happening.

They're not going to give you permanent residency status unless you are a doctor or engineer or something they'd actually want, and even then the amount of applicants probably exceeds the number of visas

But, like, what if he gets to Paris and shows them his girlfriend, and they're all like 'whoa she's super hot, you guys can stay'?

Moridin920
Nov 15, 2007

by FactsAreUseless
those french boys will peel her off him in two seconds flat and he'll be fetching some scones from the bistro wondering wtf just happened while his gf is getting railed by that larger than average French dick

rakovsky maybe
Nov 4, 2008
He could join the French Foreign Legion I suppose.

WampaLord
Jan 14, 2010

She is the hot female counterpart to the "Japan is a magical wonderland where I will be accepted!" anime nerd.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siW-wd3HeIs

^^ What the GF thinks Paris is like.

Moon Atari
Dec 26, 2010

WampaLord posted:

she has bipolar disorder.

Well that explains a lot. But him giving serious thought to this plan and having to question whether or not it is crazy is enough to conclude that he can't handle being in a relationship with someone who has bipolar disorder.

loquacius
Oct 21, 2008

Paris: Just Another Bullshit Town

Paris Syndrome posted:

Paris syndrome (French: Syndrome de Paris, Japanese: パリ症候群, Pari shōkōgun) is a transient psychological disorder exhibited by some individuals when visiting or vacationing to Paris, as a result of extreme shock resulting from their finding out that Paris is not what they had expected it to be. It is characterized by a number of psychiatric symptoms such as acute delusional states, hallucinations, feelings of persecution (perceptions of being a victim of prejudice, aggression, or hostility from others), derealization, depersonalization, anxiety, and also psychosomatic manifestations such as dizziness, tachycardia, sweating, and others, such as vomiting.[1] Similar syndromes include Jerusalem syndrome and Stendhal syndrome. The condition is commonly viewed as a severe form of culture shock. It is particularly noted among Japanese travellers.

Paris is so disappointing that people have gotten a psychological disorder from being so disappointed by it

DoctorStrangelove
Jun 7, 2012

IT WOULD NOT BE DIFFICULT MEIN FUHRER!

Moridin920 posted:

Yeah I'm p sure that unless you have EU citizenship or an advanced degree to shake at them in hopes they'll throw you a visa, that ain't happening.

They're not going to give you permanent residency status unless you are a doctor or engineer or something they'd actually want, and even then the amount of applicants probably exceeds the number of visas

There's always the Foreign Legion!

Xaris
Jul 25, 2006

Lucky there's a family guy
Lucky there's a man who positively can do
All the things that make us
Laugh and cry

Tricky D posted:

Isn't getting a job and setting up permanent residence in France super hard if you aren't already a citizen? Like, don't even bother hard.
yes, not just France but moving to most european countries like that is insanely hard if you're coming from like America. I have an MS in some specialty field (geotechnical engineering) and looked into at one point and realized it would just be futile still. you basically still need to be proficient in the country's language, already have connections and convince a company to basically pre-hire you (proving that they couldn't find someone local or something weird like that) so you can go on over.

also paris actually kind of sucks.

Australia is a little more doable with my field so that's an option though.

kalel
Jun 19, 2012

loquacius posted:

Paris: Just Another Bullshit Town

Paris is so disappointing that people have gotten a psychological disorder from being so disappointed by it

Sounds like somebody hasn't seen Midnight in Paris

e: or Paris, je t'aime

Peta
Dec 26, 2011

loquacius posted:

Paris: Just Another Bullshit Town


Paris is so disappointing that people have gotten a psychological disorder from being so disappointed by it

This is the dumbest thing I've ever read.

Moon Atari
Dec 26, 2010

Xaris posted:

Australia is a little more doable with my field so that's an option though.

gently caress off, we're full. Joking, but the mining industry has contracted like crazy unless your specialty is mechatronics.

As to the Paris obsessed girlfriend, she has likely just hooked onto it while in a manic state. He should really be able to recognise that and not be convinced by it, let alone enable it. I have a friend with bipolar disorder, if I did half of what he has asked of me while manic I would have ruined his life and made my own way more difficult.

Plucky Brit
Nov 7, 2009

Swing low, sweet chariot

loquacius posted:

Paris: Just Another Bullshit Town

Paris is so disappointing that people have gotten a psychological disorder from being so disappointed by it

Paris is a wonderful, beautiful city. The problem is it's full of Parisians.

DoctorStrangelove
Jun 7, 2012

IT WOULD NOT BE DIFFICULT MEIN FUHRER!

I had a French professor who said that all the American stereotypes about the French are 100% true but only if you apply them to Parisians.

Agentdark
Dec 30, 2007
Mom says I'm the best painter she's ever seen. Jealous much? :hehe:
I dated a girl who had the same obsession with Paris.

Nissin Cup Nudist
Sep 3, 2011

Sleep with one eye open

We're off to Gritty Gritty land




Is the French Foreign Legion still A Thing

Moridin920
Nov 15, 2007

by FactsAreUseless
ever since Bulgaria joined the EU I can just move to Europe and find some gas station job there if I want and they can't stop me haha it owns so hard

rules for EU citizens moving to a different EU country (so if I wanted to go to France) iirc: you have like 3-6 months once you are there already to find a job (any job) and then you can stay permanently.

Finished out my degree in Germany because it only costs 79 euro a semester over there (plus like 300-500 euro a month to rent a studio apartment) and I just lol at my friends when they bitch about their student debt.

vyst
Aug 25, 2009



I tried to light a fart on fire once and it just singed my rear end in a top hat hair

SIDS Vicious
Jan 1, 1970


vyst posted:

I tried to light a fart on fire once and it just singed my rear end in a top hat hair

lmao

Xaris
Jul 25, 2006

Lucky there's a family guy
Lucky there's a man who positively can do
All the things that make us
Laugh and cry

Moridin920 posted:

ever since Bulgaria joined the EU I can just move to Europe and find some gas station job there if I want and they can't stop me haha it owns so hard
what, do you have like a bulgarian citizenship or something?

Moridin920
Nov 15, 2007

by FactsAreUseless

Xaris posted:

what, do you have like a bulgarian citizenship or something?

yup, family moved to the USA pretty much right after the USSR collapsed

SIDS Vicious
Jan 1, 1970


Xaris posted:

what, do you have like a bulgarian citizenship or something?

perhaps his parents are first generation immigrants

Jeffrey of YOSPOS
Dec 22, 2005

GET LOSE, YOU CAN'T COMPARE WITH MY POWERS
bulgaria i hardly know her

FormerPoster
Aug 5, 2004

Hair Elf

loquacius posted:

Paris: Just Another Bullshit Town


Paris is so disappointing that people have gotten a psychological disorder from being so disappointed by it

You know, I went to Paris once and figured everyone there was going to be a major rear end in a top hat, but they were all actually quite pleasant.

The English were loving jerkoffs though. Never again.

Frosted Flake
Sep 13, 2011

Semper Shitpost Ubique

Tricky D posted:

Isn't getting a job and setting up permanent residence in France super hard if you aren't already a citizen? Like, don't even bother hard.

There is a way that only takes 3 years...



e

rakovsky maybe posted:

He could join the French Foreign Legion I suppose.

This is my default answer for millennials who get depressed when their life hits a slight speedbump. I really want to imagine an angry Serbian sergeant shaking his fist every time another dumb rear end shows up at the depot.

Barudak
May 7, 2007

Frosted Flake posted:

There is a way that only takes 3 years...



e


This is my default answer for millennials who get depressed when their life hits a slight speedbump. I really want to imagine an angry Serbian sergeant shaking his fist every time another dumb rear end shows up at the depot.

I think someone mentioned in a similar thread that the French Foreign Legion is actually somewhat picky about taking Americans and other Western Europeans as they tend to have the kind of sadbrains not conducive to the actual work required. So he may literally be too stupid for even them.

sincx
Jul 13, 2012

furiously masturbating to anime titties
More comedy, less :france: please.

r/hapas
Bernie supporter says: "I love Asian girls and yet I worry if I have a boy, he may grow up to have a small penis."
u/lurkerfromCanada20h

No harrassing or brigading please. https://archive.is/qGqdb

He thinks mainstream media is anti-Bernie

He is anti-establishment

He watches anti-media critic Noam Chomsky...

but believes porn is true. Face palm.



1st, have some small American penises in porn (NSFW).

2nd, there is no way an Asian man can contribute genetic material to give your son an Asian penis.

Unless you're a cuckold. So there's that...

3rd, this map. Canada has more Asians as a % of it's population than the USA has black people FFS.



A lesson for r/hapas

They say progressives and conservatives, Democrats and Republicans, share nothing in common.

Actually there is one thing they share in common. And that is their undying support, tacit acceptance and rabid defence, of racist people having kids.

Asian-Americans are a wedge issue. Hapas are the uniting issue.

A great Facebook comment by Eric L. from here: "Both sides can gently caress off for all I care. The political right has treated asians like poo poo for decades, and now the political left is getting in on the action too. They'll both use your race as a pawn in a game of chess, one day you're going to be the "model minority" for the right or the "oppressed PoC" for the left, and the next you're going to be stomped on by both sides. Bunch of backstabbing snakes, both left and right. American politics, not even once."



To hapas and Asian Americans lurker: do what /r/hapas has done. Strike out on your own. Don't spend your time coddling up to liberal or conservative, Democrat or conservative, white or black.

Look at the non-Asians attracted to this forum. /r/hapas is doing something right.

Write a blog. Medium, ghost, WordPress are all free. Make videos, podcasts. Talk to your Hapa friends. Rally your own troops.

loquacius
Oct 21, 2008

I don't understand what's going on there but "penis genes come only from the daddy because they're penis genes" makes as little sense as "I'm worried my kids will have small penises if they are part Asian"

which is to say neither makes any sense to clarify

just making sure y'all catch my meaning

Thursday Next
Jan 11, 2004

FUCK THE ISLE OF APPLES. FUCK THEM IN THEIR STUPID ASSES.

Nazzadan posted:

My [22F] coworker and cubicle-mate [30s?M] at my new job will not stop farting

HR's hands are tied on stuff like this more than you'd think. We had a similar incident at the massive software company I used to work for - some young shy guy who was perfectly pleasant, very sweet, good worker, etc had the worst got-danged BO I have ever experienced. You could practically see the stench in the hallways. It lingered for minutes afterwards. It was shocking. Yes, he was from India. Hella nice kid.

Nobody could share an office with this guy, obviously. But HR kept dutifully placing new hires in his office. Every few months, regular as clockwork, some bright-eyed kid with an overpriced degree would show up and have to stew, to wallow in this nearly-liquid stench. They'd last as long as they could - usually a couple of weeks - before tearfully coming to management and begging for a new seat.

HR couldn't really do poo poo about it. I don't think the guy would have sued, but HR was terrified that he'd claim racism if they told him he had to shower more often. There's also a potential medical defense ("I'm allergic to water / I'm afraid of soap / I can't help my sweat / etc).

It's really stupid, but kind of funny to think that being stinky is basically an inalienable right in the workplace

Jeffrey of YOSPOS
Dec 22, 2005

GET LOSE, YOU CAN'T COMPARE WITH MY POWERS
If penis size has a reasonable genetic component, it wouldn't be crazy to me that it might be on the y chromosome.

Luxury Communism
Aug 22, 2015

by Lowtax
once upon a time I tried to google translate megalian.com to get small-dick memes to troll hapas with but it is very slow and tedious

P-Mack
Nov 10, 2007

Jeffrey of YOSPOS posted:

If penis size has a reasonable genetic component, it wouldn't be crazy to me that it might be on the y chromosome.

Yeah, but maybe not. Ever hookup with a girl with a giant clit, then you meet her dad and you just keep trying to sneak a peek at his dilz? Me neither.

Jeffrey of YOSPOS
Dec 22, 2005

GET LOSE, YOU CAN'T COMPARE WITH MY POWERS
I [17 M] believe that my close "online friend" [18? F] I know for a few months lies about her age

Jeffnote: stop reading here. Guess the actual age. Then continue:

Before I explain the situation I have to apologize for my broken English. Sorry!
I've known mentioned girl for three months now, we got along well immediately and started chatting every day. As we got to know each other better, we realized that we have a lot in common, share almost all of our interests and got much closer through that.
During those three months we have also exchanged a few pictures, childhood stories, things that made me believe her age, even though she was being extremely childish at times.
I guess that's what made me kinda doubt her so I decided to do some research as I was worried of being catfished by a younger person. Now, three hours after basically stalking her, I am pretty sure that she is eleven years old and have no idea how to tell or ask her about it. I'm scared of being wrong or judged for stalking her but can't just go on. I need help, I'm devastated.
Again, I'm sorry for my broken English.
tl;dr: Met girl online three months, doubted her because she was being very childish, stalked her, found out she's probably lying about her age and have no idea how to tell or ask her.

loquacius
Oct 21, 2008

When I found the real age I actually snorted out loud at my desk and then had to fake cough a couple times to cover it

ArbitraryC
Jan 28, 2009
Pick a number, any number
Pillbug

WampaLord posted:

She is the hot female counterpart to the "Japan is a magical wonderland where I will be accepted!" anime nerd.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siW-wd3HeIs

^^ What the GF thinks Paris is like.

http://www.vagabondish.com/female-foreign-japan/

Some good quotes

quote:

If you’ve ever visited Asia, you’ve likely seen the pale, rail-thin, greasy-haired white boy walking hand-in hand with a perfectly made-up, mini-skirt wearing Asian chick. This would never happen anywhere else in the world. Because everywhere else, Barbie ends up with Ken, not his underemployed, socially-awkward, samurai-sword-collecting neighbor, Kevin. But in Asia, dating rules defy all logic or evolutionary law. In Asia, the nerd is king.

Not that I wished it otherwise. For the most part, I was happy for them. These men wouldn’t have been able to score a date at home if they’d been a calender but in Asia they’d nabbed the prom queen. They were true success stories. Who could blame them for taking advantage of a magical loophole that allowed them to date women out of their league? If such a nirvana existed for Western woman, I’m sure I’d have moved there too.

But it was hard not to feel jealous. Especially as I spent weekend after weekend, bravely facing the club’s dance floor alone while my dorky expat brothers expertly flirted for phone numbers and first dates. They were like kids in a candy store. The Japanese women were gourmet truffles, while the western women were the three-year-old tootsie rolls melted to the bottom of the barrel. The Japanese men might have been frightened of us but the other expat men just flat-out ignored us.

loquacius
Oct 21, 2008


This lady is a perfect mirror image of the r/hapas posters

kalel
Jun 19, 2012


lol what the poo poo

Moridin920
Nov 15, 2007

by FactsAreUseless
sounds like i need to get to Tokyo yaddadamean hahaha

Cowman
Feb 14, 2006

Beware the Cow





Jeffrey of YOSPOS posted:

I [17 M] believe that my close "online friend" [18? F] I know for a few months lies about her age

Jeffnote: stop reading here. Guess the actual age. Then continue:

Before I explain the situation I have to apologize for my broken English. Sorry!
I've known mentioned girl for three months now, we got along well immediately and started chatting every day. As we got to know each other better, we realized that we have a lot in common, share almost all of our interests and got much closer through that.
During those three months we have also exchanged a few pictures, childhood stories, things that made me believe her age, even though she was being extremely childish at times.
I guess that's what made me kinda doubt her so I decided to do some research as I was worried of being catfished by a younger person. Now, three hours after basically stalking her, I am pretty sure that she is eleven years old and have no idea how to tell or ask her about it. I'm scared of being wrong or judged for stalking her but can't just go on. I need help, I'm devastated.
Again, I'm sorry for my broken English.
tl;dr: Met girl online three months, doubted her because she was being very childish, stalked her, found out she's probably lying about her age and have no idea how to tell or ask her.

I got that age totally wrong. I was thinking she was 30s/40s but nope

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loquacius
Oct 21, 2008

I imagine the dates would have gone something like this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Kp8IwgZ7EA

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